SBASSE, LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

POWER ELECTRONICS (EE 452/552) | FALL 2016

Assignment 4 | Due Date: 15-11-2016 | 1700 HRS (Tuesday)
Problem 1:

For the given circuit:

a) Ignoring 𝑅𝐿1, 𝑅𝐶1, 𝑅𝐿2 and 𝑅𝐶2, do the CCM analysis for the converter. Find 𝐼𝐿1, 𝐼𝐿2, 𝑉𝐶1, 𝛥𝑖𝐿1, 𝛥𝑖𝐿2, 𝛥𝑉𝐶1?
b) Find the CCM DCM boundary conditions?
c) Do the DCM analysis and find the new conversion ratio?
d) Now consider 𝑅𝐿1, 𝑅𝐶1, 𝑅𝐿2 and 𝑅𝐶2 and find the conversion ratio in CCM?

Problem 2:

Q1 and Q2 operate for DTs.

a) Find the conditions when this converter works in DCM, in terms of D and 𝐾=2𝐿/𝑅𝑇𝑠?
b) What happens to your answer in part a when 𝐷<0.5?
c) Derive an expression for the dc conversion ratio 𝑀 (𝐷, 𝐾). Sketch M vs. D for K = 10 and for K = 0.1, over the range
0≤𝐷≤1?

Problem 3:

Consider the isolated SEPIC converter of Fig. 1. (As with the flyback converter, the transformer is used as an energy-storage
element. Figure 1 shows the transformer magnetizing inductance as an explicit circuit element.) You may assume the
converter operates in continuous conduction mode.

a. What is the input to output conversion ratio with a transformer turns ratio of 1:n?
b. If the nominal input voltage is 5 V, and the desired output voltage is 60 V, what is the optimum transformer turns
ratio to minimize the device stresses? At what nominal duty ratio would the converter operate in this case?

TOTAL MARKS: 100

Submission: Drop Box Outside Power Systems Lab
 SBASSE, LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
POWER ELECTRONICS (EE 452/552) | FALL 2016
Assignment 4 | Due Date: 15-11-2016 | 1700 HRS (Tuesday)

c. How do the device stresses of this case compare to that for a non-isolated indirect converter with the same input
and output voltage magnitudes?

Problem 4:

Tapped-inductor boost converter. The boost converter is sometimes modified as illustrated in Figure below, to obtain a
larger conversion ratio than would otherwise occur. The inductor winding contains a total of (n1 + n2) turns. The transistor
is connected to a tap placed n1 turns from the left side of the inductor, as shown. The tapped inductor can be viewed as a
two winding (n1 : n2) transformer, in which the two windings are connected in series. The inductance of the entire (n1 +
n2) turn winding is L.

a) Sketch an equivalent circuit model for the tapped inductor, which includes a magnetizing inductance and an ideal
transformer. Label the values of the magnetizing inductance and turns ratio.
b) Determine an analytical expression for the conversion ratio M = V/Vg. You may assume that the transistor, diode,
tapped inductor, and capacitor are lossless. You may also assume that the converter operates in continuous
conduction mode.
c) Sketch M(D) vs. D for n1 = n2, and compare to the non-tapped (n2 = 0) case.

TOTAL MARKS: 100

Submission: Drop Box Outside Power Systems Lab